madagascan Chameleons ID request (email 5)

[ugolino]

And yet again a big thank you to you Chris !

A few more to go:

- Am I right in calling the first 3 Boettger ? All photos taken in Amber Mountains. Any idea on the sexing ?
+ and an added question: why do they not all have a blue nose ?
- Am I right in calling photo 4, taken near Andasibe, a female Parsoni Cristifer ?
- Am I right in calling photo 5, taken near Ifaty, a Verrucosus ? Any idea on the sexing ?

Thank you in advance. there will only be one extra post (I think) for this trip, but I am hooked up... so there will be more trips...
Best, ugolino

 

[Chris Anderson]

Yep, the first three are Calumma boettgeri. The first and third look like females and the second like a male, but hard to tell for sure. The fourth photo is a juvenile Calumma parsonii cristifer. Its hard to say its sex for sure at that age, but it could be a male that hasn't fully developed its horns yet. The last photo is a male Furcifer verrucosus.

Best

Chris